Storage and transit of incandescent electric lamps.



G. POULTON.

STORAGE AND TRANSIT OP INOANDESGENT ELECTRIC LAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11. 1913.

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G. POULTON.

STORAGE AND TRANSIT 0F INOANDESOENT ELEOTRIG LAMPS'.

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Tb'all whooi it ma a ooficmz y Y I l vlBe it known tllli, l:,fGERALDPonmomm subject or the King of Great Britain and ing is employed havingat one end means Ireland, residing at the city of London, Eng- I land,have invented- Improved Means for the i Storage and-Transit ofIncandescent Electric Lamps, of which the'fol'lowing is a specification.

'Th'e-object ofthe 'presentirwenti n is 136 provide improved means forenveloping i-h---f candescent electric lamps so that they can be;

stored, handled and conreyed in transit with iracture than ordinarily.

To this end, a box-like Wrapper or cover greater facility and ssfetyagainst filament adapted to provide a more or less resilient support forthe pip end of the bulb and adjustable means adapted to hold the lamp.centrally in the wrapper against such resili-.

ent sup ort.

One orm which the lnvention may lug; drawings of whiche igure 1 is aperspective view with parts broken away, of the wrapper. Fig.2 isaplanview of the blank used in producing such Wrapper. Fig. 3 is a. viewshowing.

tance from the end of the box, the pip is protected against damage butif desired, as a further safeguard, an additional flap f or fiat end maybe provided on the corresponding end of the wrapper.

1 is the retaining tongue for such flap f. The. lamp indicated at A, isheld cen trslly in the wrapper by means of e collar h that can be passedover the cap and makes contact with the walls of the wrapper, the

lamp being held. against its said seating a,.

I), c by suitable means such as a thread i or threads, stretched acrossthe rapper by way of slits j, is, or apertures, in the latter andbearing upon say the collar h surrounding the cap. Such thread retainingmeans aiiords a simple way of accommodating CQH'P veniently take isshown; in the accompany- I re uired.

' innp's of. difl' ernt length; and furthermore permim of thewreppergbeinglefthpenended at the capend of the lamp-so that the lamp.ftenbeing peeked,- can be readily tested at'any time withoutmmovaLohe-ormore sidewallsof thewrapper being, a is known, provided with inspectionopenings --indicsted at m, For to purpose of easily? securing thethreads; ton" sis-win 'undel'which it can be passed are mined in thewrapper. The thread i fterthe lam has been packed, me if desired, bescale in place, it ma be or example by an ad;

hesive label. hen removing the lamp, the

collar h around the cap is or may bere'moved;

with it and-serves or may serve as a, support for; the, lamp to preventit rollin when laced on its side, as will bejun erstood rom Fig. 3..

The wrappcr'mey bemfidenf'cardboard,

-a,-,suitable "blank, such as shown in' Fig. 2. being creased, foldedand securednt ecljaa; cent edges 0, say by fasteners 72, so that-it canbe stored in aflat-or collapsedcondition readily to beopened-out orextended'when 1-. Means for enveloping mc'eflescent:

electric lamps, comprising a wrapper a'flap constituting an extension ofone wallll a pro ectmg'and perforated tongue produc ingsiouldcrs at a.distance-from the hinge thereof greater than hali the idth of the flapconstituting an adjacent walls and a extension of the op osite' wallhaving opening" therein pro ucin'g a single inter-1 medietely disposedshoulder at a similar dis-.

times from the adjacent walls, the said flaps being adapted to be turnedinto thewrupp erf to cause t e tongue to enter the opening until theshoulders engage and lock one flap at'an angle to the other therebyproviding interseating surfaces for supporting the lamp t itspilpicnd.-'2'. cans for enveloping Incandescent electric lumps COIDPI isingawrepper open at,

one end, a flap, constituting en'extension of one wall at the other endhaving a. projeot-- ing and perforated tongue producing shoulders at adistance from the hinge thereof greater than'half the widthof theadjacent walls, a lisp, constituting an extension of the opposite: wallhaving van opening therein producing a single intermedmtelydisposedshoulder at all similar distsncefrom'the' adjscent'walls, the said flapsbeing adaptedtfl ion be turned into the Wrapper to cause the tongue toenter the opening until the shoulders engage and lock one flap 'atenangle to the other thereby providing intersecting surfaces supiortingthe lamp at its pip end and a third ip constituting an extension of oneof the walls adjacent to both fia s aforesaid, adapted to close this endof t e Wrapper'and protect the flaps. 1

3. In means for enveloping incandescent electric lumps, the combinationwith an open ended wrapper having slits in opposite Wallsat the open endand a support near the other end for a lamp to'rest upon and a selfadlusting removable collsr'therein adapted to e passed over the cap ofthe lump leaving I the said cap exposed free to enter a test socket of atwin thread adapted to be passed along the slits in the wrapper soas tobear u on the collar at opposite sides of the cap w hatever the positionof the latter, so as to exert a distributed pressure upon the colhi1preventing tilt and pressing the lamp upon its support; and means forsecuring the ends of such thread to the Wrapper.

Si ned at Orient House, London, this rst day of November 1912.

GERALD POULTON.

Witnesses: O. J. WORTH,

TRACY Linn

